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IIENRY H. TAYLOR, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT. i

BUSTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 714,532, dated November 25, 190)?.`

` Application filed October 4. 1902. Serial No. 125,922. (No model.) i

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern:

' ing 'of a bustle, so that the clothing of the `wearer may always fit properly over the bustle irrespective of the fact whether the latter y is smooth and even or is uneven and distorted.

In the accompanying drawings,`which form a part of this application, Figure l is an elevation of a bustle equipped with my im provement, and Fig. 2 is a section at the line a: a: of Fig. 1.

Similar numbers of reference denote lik parts in both ligures of the drawings.

It is immaterial for the purposes of my invention what sort of a bustle is used, since the aim of my invention is solely t'o provide p i a suitable covering for a bustle.

In the drawings I have illustrated an ordinary form 'of bustle composed of three sections l 2 3, which are stuffed with curled hair or other suitable material, these sections being secured at their upper ends to the usual waistband 4.

My improvement consists in providing a series of iiaps 5, which are secured at their upper ends to the waistband 4, the other portions of these aps being perfectly free. These iaps are arranged so as to overlap each other when in assembled position, such as is shown at Fig. 1, and the general shape of these flaps, taken as a Whole, corresponds to the general shape of the bustle itself. These yflaps are, however, of such dimensions as to extend beyond the bustle, so as to completely conceal the same,and are made of cou til, jean, or other suitable stiff material. When the bustle is fastened around the waist of the wearer, these flaps will spread or fan out and will present a perfectly-smooth upper surface upon which the garments may be evenly and uniformlydraped.

It frequently happens that the bustle itself becomes distorted or lumpy and uneven by constant wear or for other reasons; but my improvement remedies these defects and in all instances provides a smooth and regular surface over which the garments of the wearer will iit comfortably and properly.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a bustle, the combination with a suitable bustle-body, of a seriesof `overlapping iiaps of suitable material secured at their upper ends to the waistband of the bustle, substantiallyvas set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I-IENRY H. TAYLOR. Witnesses:

F. W. SMITH, J r., M. T. LONGDEN. 

